List of Real Madrid CF managers
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Real Madrid Club de Fútbol is a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain, which plays in La Liga. This chronological list comprises all those who have held the position of manager of the first team of Real Madrid from 1910, when the first professional manager was appointed, to the present day. Each manager's entry includes his dates of tenure and the club's overall competitive record (in terms of matches won, drawn and lost), major honours won and significant achievements under his leadership. Caretaker managers are included, where known. As of the end of the 2024–25 season, Real Madrid have had 50 full-time managers.
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The first full-time manager for Real Madrid was Arthur Johnson.[1] He was signed by one of the founders of Real Madrid, and then director, Adolfo Meléndez, and coached the team for ten seasons, gaining one Spanish Cup.
The most successful coach with Real Madrid is Carlo Ancelotti, as he has won 15 titles with the team. Ancelotti, in two spells, won La Liga twice, Copa del Rey twice, UEFA Champions League three times, Spanish Super Cup twice, UEFA Super Cup three times, FIFA Club World Cup twice, and one FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
List of managers
The complete list of Real Madrid managers is shown in the following table:[2][dead link]
Information correct as of the match played 17 March 2026. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Manager | Nat. | From | To | G[A] | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win%[B] | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Johnson |  |
1910 | 1920 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 48 | 39 | 47.83 | 1 Copa del Rey | [C][D] |
| Juan de Cárcer |  |
1920 | 1926 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 38 | 45 | 45.45 | [C] | |
| Pedro Llorente | |
1926 | 1927 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 62.50 | [C][E] | |
| Santiago Bernabéu | |
1926 | 1927 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 62.50 | [C][E] | |
| José Berraondo | |
1927 | 1929 | 41 | 27 | 4 | 10 | 115 | 58 | 65.85 | [C] | |
| José Quirante | |
1929 | 1930 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 45 | 42 | 38.89 | [C] | |
| Lippo Hertzka |  |
1930 | 1932 | 52 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 95 | 58 | 50.00 | 1 La Liga | |
| Robert Firth |  |
1932 | 1934 | 45 | 30 | 5 | 10 | 126 | 52 | 66.67 | 1 La Liga | |
| Francisco Bru |  |
1934 | 1941 | 118 | 71 | 13 | 34 | 290 | 152 | 60.17 | 2 Copa del Rey | |
| Juan Armet |  |
1941 | September 1943 | 46 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 96 | 72 | 50.00 | ||
| Ramón Encinas | |
September 1943 | May 1945 | 84 | 45 | 15 | 24 | 199 | 126 | 53.57 | ||
| Jacinto Quincoces | |
May 1945 | March 1946 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 70 | 37 | 51.43 | 1 Copa del Rey | [C] |
| Baltasar Albéniz |  |
March 1946 | April 1947 | 35 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 82 | 66 | 51.43 | 1 Copa del Rey | |
| Jacinto Quincoces | |
April 1947 | January 1948 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 41 | 29.41 | ||
| Michael Keeping | |
January 1948 | October 1950 | 82 | 37 | 20 | 25 | 192 | 153 | 45.12 | 1 Copa Eva Duarte | |
| Baltasar Albéniz | |
October 1950 | March 1951 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 41 | 37 | 43.75 | ||
| Héctor Scarone |  |
March 1951 | April 1952 | 48 | 25 | 10 | 13 | 113 | 73 | 52.08 | ||
| Juan Antonio Ipiña | |
April 1952 | May 1953 | 34 | 21 | 2 | 11 | 82 | 57 | 61.76 | [C] | |
| Enrique Fernández | |
May 1953 | 10 December 1954 | 50 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 126 | 60 | 62.00 | 1 La Liga | |
| José Villalonga | |
10 December 1954 | June 1957 | 105 | 66 | 14 | 25 | 269 | 141 | 62.86 | 2 La Liga 2 UEFA Champions League |
[F] |
| Luis Carniglia |  |
June 1957 | 19 February 1959 | 68 | 48 | 11 | 9 | 178 | 58 | 70.59 | 1 La Liga 1 UEFA Champions League |
|
| Miguel Muñoz | |
21 February 1959 | 13 April 1959 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 31 | 9 | 55.56 | [C][G] | |
| Luis Carniglia | |
13 April 1959 | July 1959 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 16 | 61.54 | 1 UEFA Champions League | |
| Manuel Fleitas |  |
July 1959 | 12 April 1960 | 33 | 23 | 4 | 6 | 109 | 42 | 69.70 | ||
| Miguel Muñoz | |
13 April 1960 | 15 January 1974 | 595 | 352 | 126 | 117 | 1,194 | 553 | 59.16 | 9 La Liga 2 Copa del Rey 2 UEFA Champions League 1 Intercontinental Cup |
[G] |
| Luis Molowny | |
15 January 1974 | May 1974 | 23 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 49 | 26 | 56.52 | 1 Copa del Rey | [C] |
| Miljan Miljanić |  |
May 1974 | 7 September 1977 | 134 | 67 | 36 | 31 | 231 | 150 | 50.00 | 2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey |
|
| Luis Molowny |  |
7 September 1977 | June 1979 | 90 | 51 | 24 | 15 | 196 | 94 | 56.67 | 2 La Liga | |
| Vujadin Boškov | |
June 1979 | 29 March 1982 | 139 | 80 | 31 | 28 | 249 | 136 | 57.55 | 1 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey |
|
| Luis Molowny |  |
29 March 1982 | 30 June 1982 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 66.67 | 1 Copa del Rey | |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | |
1 July 1982 | 22 May 1984 | 108 | 63 | 23 | 22 | 192 | 113 | 58.33 | [C] | |
| Amancio Amaro | |
22 May 1984 | 16 April 1985 | 47 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 69 | 52 | 40.43 | [C] | |
| Luis Molowny | |
16 April 1985 | 30 June 1986 | 61 | 39 | 7 | 15 | 137 | 67 | 63.93 | 1 La Liga 1 Copa de la Liga 2 UEFA Europa League |
|
| Leo Beenhakker |  |
1 July 1986 | 30 June 1989 | 169 | 107 | 40 | 22 | 357 | 158 | 63.31 | 3 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 2 Supercopa de España |
|
| John Toshack |  |
1 July 1989 | 19 November 1990 | 64 | 41 | 15 | 8 | 161 | 56 | 64.06 | 1 La Liga | |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | |
21 November 1990 | 22 March 1991 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 22 | 42.86 | 1 Supercopa de España | |
| Radomir Antić | |
22 March 1991 | 27 January 1992 | 39 | 27 | 6 | 6 | 84 | 32 | 69.23 | ||
| Leo Beenhakker | |
27 January 1992 | 29 June 1992 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 47 | 27 | 50.00 | ||
| Benito Floro | |
1 July 1992 | 7 March 1994 | 92 | 52 | 21 | 19 | 165 | 90 | 56.52 | 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España |
|
| Vicente del Bosque | |
7 March 1994 | 30 June 1994 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 41.67 | [C] | |
| Jorge Valdano | |
1 July 1994 | 21 January 1996 | 78 | 39 | 17 | 22 | 142 | 87 | 50.00 | 1 La Liga | [C] |
| Vicente del Bosque | |
21 January 1996 | 24 January 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.00 | ||
| Arsenio Iglesias | |
24 January 1996 | 29 May 1996 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 52.38 | ||
| Fabio Capello |  |
1 July 1996 | 24 June 1997 | 48 | 31 | 12 | 5 | 96 | 41 | 64.58 | 1 La Liga | |
| Jupp Heynckes |  |
25 June 1997 | 28 May 1998 | 53 | 26 | 15 | 12 | 92 | 55 | 49.06 | 1 Supercopa de España 1 UEFA Champions League |
|
| José Antonio Camacho | |
17 June 1998 | 9 July 1998 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | [C] | |
| Guus Hiddink | |
15 July 1998 | 23 February 1999 | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 73 | 48 | 55.88 | 1 Intercontinental Cup | |
| John Toshack | |
24 February 1999 | 17 November 1999 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 73 | 62 | 51.35 | ||
| Vicente del Bosque | |
17 November 1999 | 23 June 2003 | 233 | 127 | 56 | 50 | 461 | 267 | 54.51 | 2 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España 2 UEFA Champions League 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 Intercontinental Cup |
|
| Carlos Queiroz |  |
25 June 2003 | 24 May 2004 | 59 | 34 | 11 | 14 | 113 | 76 | 57.63 | 1 Supercopa de España | |
| José Antonio Camacho | |
25 May 2004 | 20 September 2004 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 66.67 | ||
| Mariano García Remón | |
20 September 2004 | 30 December 2004 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 18 | 60.00[H] | [C] | |
| Vanderlei Luxemburgo |  |
30 December 2004 | 4 December 2005 | 45 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 83 | 45 | 62.22[H] | ||
| Juan Ramón López Caro | |
4 December 2005 | 1 June 2006 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 41 | 25 | 50.00 | ||
| Fabio Capello | |
5 July 2006 | 28 June 2007 | 50 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 91 | 55 | 56.00 | 1 La Liga | |
| Bernd Schuster | |
9 July 2007 | 9 December 2008 | 75 | 44 | 9 | 22 | 156 | 100 | 58.67 | 1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España |
[C] |
| Juande Ramos | |
9 December 2008 | 1 June 2009 | 27 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 34 | 66.67 | ||
| Manuel Pellegrini |  |
2 June 2009 | 26 May 2010 | 48 | 36 | 5 | 7 | 119 | 48 | 75.00 | ||
| José Mourinho | |
31 May 2010 | 1 June 2013 | 178 | 128 | 28 | 22 | 475 | 168 | 71.91 | 1 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 1 Supercopa de España |
[FIFA] |
| Carlo Ancelotti | |
25 June 2013 | 25 May 2015 | 119 | 89 | 14 | 16 | 323 | 103 | 74.79 | 1 Copa del Rey 1 UEFA Champions League 1 UEFA Super Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup |
[I] |
| Rafael Benítez | |
3 June 2015 | 4 January 2016 | 25 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 69 | 22 | 68.00 | ||
| Zinedine Zidane |  |
4 January 2016 | 31 May 2018 | 149 | 104 | 29 | 16 | 393 | 160 | 69.80 | 1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España 3 UEFA Champions League 2 UEFA Super Cup 2 FIFA Club World Cup |
[C][FIFA] |
| Julen Lopetegui | |
12 June 2018[3] | 29 October 2018 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 42.86 | [C] | |
| Santiago Solari | |
30 October 2018 | 11 March 2019 | 32 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 71 | 37 | 68.75 | 1 FIFA Club World Cup | [C] |
| Zinedine Zidane |  |
11 March 2019[4] | 27 May 2021[5] | 114 | 69 | 25 | 20 | 207 | 104 | 60.53 | 1 La Liga 1 Supercopa de España |
[C] |
| Carlo Ancelotti | |
1 June 2021[6] | 31 May 2025[7] | 234 | 161 | 36 | 37 | 512 | 238 | 68.80 | 2 La Liga 1 Copa del Rey 2 Supercopa de España 2 UEFA Champions League 2 UEFA Super Cup 1 FIFA Club World Cup 1 FIFA Intercontinental Cup |
[I] [FIFA] |
| Xabi Alonso | |
1 June 2025[8] | 12 January 2026 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 72 | 38 | 70.59 | [C] | |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | |
12 January 2026[9] | present | 21 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 61.90 | [C] | |
| Manager | Nat. | From | To | G[A] | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win%[B] | Honours | Notes |
Trophies
| Rank | Manager | LL | CdR | SdE | CED | CdlL | UCL | UEL | USC | LC | IC | CI | FCWC | FIC | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlo Ancelotti | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Miguel Muñoz | 9 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 14 |
| 3 | Zinedine Zidane | 2 | – | 2 | – | – | 3 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | 11 |
| 4 | Luis Molowny | 3 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Vicente del Bosque | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | ||
| 6 | Leo Beenhakker | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| José Villalonga | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | Luis Carniglia | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Miljan Miljanić | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| José Mourinho | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | Francisco Bru | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Vujadin Boškov | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Benito Floro | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Fabio Capello | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Jupp Heynckes | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Bernd Schuster | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 17 | Arthur Johnson | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Lippo Hertzka | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Robert Firth | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Jacinto Quincoces | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Baltasar Albéniz | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Michael Keeping | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Enrique Fernández | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| John Toshack | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Alfredo Di Stéfano | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Jorge Valdano | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Guus Hiddink | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| Carlos Queiroz | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Santiago Solari | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
Notes
- A. ^ Campeonato Centro matches are not counted because it was a regional championship.[10]
- B. ^ Win % is rounded to two decimal places.
- C. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Formerly played for the club.
- D. ^ Arthur Johnson is the club's first full-time manager.
- E. a b Pedro Llorente and Santiago Bernabéu jointly managed the team from the dismissal of Juan de Cárcer until the appointment of José Ángel Berraondo, so they share the same statistics.
- F. ^ José Villalonga is the first manager to manage a Spanish club side in European competition and to win a European trophy (1955–56 European Cup).
- G. a b Miguel Muñoz is the longest-serving manager in club history.
- H. a b Mariano García Remón and Vanderlei Luxemburgo share a victory against Real Sociedad in the La Liga. The match was suspended due to a bomb threat on 12 December 2004, with seven minutes remaining and the score at 1–1. It was resumed on 5 January 2005, and ended with a final score of 2–1.
- I. a b Carlo Ancelotti is the manager with most honours won in club history.
- FIFA. a b c Won FIFA World Coach of the Year/The Best FIFA Football Coach while at Real Madrid.